Chapter 17 Party Formation
Although Emperor Zhu Youxiao was still calm and letting his wind blow from east, west, south and north, most of the members of the eunuch party became a little nervous because of this.
Wei Zhongxian, the chief editor of the East Factory, was actually impeached by a small Hanlin Academy Li Mingrui. In addition, the small Hanlin Academy Li Mingrui was promoted to the third level, becoming a Zuo Zhongyun and a lecturer in the imperial lecture. He also joined the Emperor's Xihunting Pavilion with Grand Secretary Sun Chengzong and the left minister of the Ministry of Works Xu Guangqi.
In addition, because of the Xiong Tingbi case, the cabinet chief Huang Liji had already surrendered to the position, but His Majesty has not yet appointed Wei Guangwei as the chief minister.
However, there have been rumors in the court that officials of the Donglin Party have created momentum to impeach Wei Guangwei, and the former chief assistant Han Du has promoted it, because most of his disciples and former residences were impeached.
Of course, some people say that His Majesty the Emperor intends to let Sun Chengzong be the chief minister of the cabinet, otherwise he would not have been recalled to return to the court to serve. Some people even say that the Hanlin Academy’s impeachment of Li Mingrui for impeachment of Wei Zhongxian was Sun Chengzong’s instructed.
This shows that Sun Chengzong also intended to use this to enhance his prestige and succeed him as the chief assistant.
"Gemaster Wei, you are talking. Is Your Majesty really going to use the Donglin Party?" Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of Personnel, was originally a mature and polite person, but now he is a little sane.
The Grand Secretary Wei Guangwei, who spoke to him, just sighed: "How can I guess Your Majesty's thoughts? Now Your Majesty has ordered external ministers to make friends with internal officials, and has killed several young prisoners of the inner court for this reason. Now I am blind."
Seeing this, Huo Weihua, the Minister of Works, wanted to stand up and say a few words, but suddenly a servant came to report that Eunuch Xia from the palace had arrived.
When the three important ministers of the eunuch party heard this, they immediately stood up and suddenly saw an eunuch walking in: "Your Majesty has an order to entrust Wei Guangwei, Minister of the Jinshen Hall, Minister of Personnel Cui Chengxiu, Minister of Works Huo Weihua, and Deputy Commander of the Jinyiwei Xu Xianchun..."
It turned out that after Zhu Youxiao demoted a group of eunuch party officials and appointed a group of non-eunuch party officials, he had already guessed that his actions might make everyone in the eunuch party dangerous, and it might even make his seven-year government unstable.
So Zhu Youxiao immediately summoned these important officials of the eunuch party on the platform.
From the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to the Minister of the Ministry, plus Wang Chengen of the East Factory and Xu Xianchun of the Jinyiwei, the important officials of the eunuch party looked at Zhu Youxiao tremblingly.
In history, Zhu Youxiao, after relying on Wei Zhongxian to take a series of powerful measures to rectify the rules, the imperial power was once again demonstrated. In fact, except for the Donglin Party, who thought he had controlled most of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, did not take the emperor seriously, no one dared to underestimate Zhu Youxiao, who was a group of eunuchsmen and centrists who gathered parties such as Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang.
Therefore, it is not surprising that these powerful officials acted so cowardly after seeing Zhu Youxiao.
But Zhu Youxiao summoned them not to establish his authority in front of them, but to restore their confidence and encourage them to continue to be loyal to themselves.
"Your dear friends don't have to be nervous. I summon you today and just say some gossip and all etiquette will be exempted." As Zhu Youxiao said that, he asked someone to give the cabinet's second assistant Wei Guangwei.
After Wei Guangwei sat half-sitting on the pier, Zhu Youxiao returned to the dragon throne and said, "Recently, I have appointed many ministers who have been impeached by you, and have also dismissed many of your colleagues and friends. You may think that I want to abandon you eunuchs and reuse the Donglin Party, but in fact you have misunderstood me. My original intention has never changed. My country and country ultimately depend on my dearest officials. There is no such thing as eunuchs in my heart. These are all bad names made by those Donglin literati. If you form a party, I think you are a royalist!"
"Royal Party?" After hearing this title, the important officials of the eunuch party composed of traditional landlords and gentry such as Qi, Chu, Zhejiang were shocked. Wei Guangwei stood up and muttered to himself.
Zhu Youxiao's words suddenly opened the knots of these important ministers of the eunuch party. Only now did they realize that they were not eunuchs, but the emperor who defected to them. They were not villains, but the real gentleman!
"Yes, royalist party! The Donglin Party members colluded with officials and businessmen formed party members and started a clique and dispute, which almost ruined my hundreds of years of foundation in the Ming Dynasty, and did not take me as a king in his eyes, and ignored the education of Saint Confucius! And all my dear ministers, who believe in the righteousness, said that they were gathered around Wei Zhongxian to attack the Donglin Party, but rather that they were loyal to me and formed party members to protect our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I decided to issue an order clearly that if there is a comment on the eunuch party in the court, they will definitely be severely punished! You are my most trusted ministers. With me in one day, your status in the court will be stable for one day!"
After Zhu Youxiao said that, Xiaohuangmen carried a large box of memorials in and pointed to a large number of memorials in the box: "This is the memorials I have received in the past three days about impeachment of you. I have not read any of them, nor do I want to read them. Moreover, I will burn him in front of you today!"
The small yellow door beside it had already sprinkled sesame oil in the box. Zhu Youxiao took the torch and threw it in directly. The fire suddenly started to burn, making the entire hall red.
The faces of Wei Guangwei and other ministers suddenly turned red like the raging fire, and many of them choked up. Even Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, who had always been known for his viciousness, couldn't help but cry.
They both knelt down to Zhu Youxiao, kowtowing and shouting "Long live!"
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile on his face, but he was full of pride in his heart. This is the benefit of being an emperor. A few simple words of encouragement and a small action can easily win the heart of submission.
"I'm sorry, please come up. Now the Ming Dynasty is in internal and external troubles. All of you are pillars of the court. I still need your best efforts to assist you. Never cry and ruin your health."
Zhu Youxiao felt that it was not sensational enough, so he personally helped these important officials up, and these important officials swore to follow His Majesty's head in the future. If there was any violation, he would be willing to cut them into pieces.
Since these important officials had already made their statements, Zhu Youxiao made no choice but to express it without hesitation. Wei Guangwei was immediately proposed by him to be the chief minister of the cabinet and to be appointed as the Xihun Pavilion. The ministers of the seven ministers and six ministries were all here, and they all agreed without doubt.
Cui Chengxiu, Minister of Personnel, was awarded the title of Shaoshi on the basis of the Prince's Young Guardian, and Minister of Works Huo Weihua was also awarded the title of Shaoshi Treasure of the Prince. Other important officials also awarded the title of the title of Shaoshi, and naturally more were given robes and silver.
Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was also directly promoted to the commander of the Jinyiwei and was granted the title of Taibao. Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the East Factory, directly replaced Wang Tiqian as the chief seal of the Sili Supervisor, and became one of the few eunuchs who were chief seals of the Sili Supervisor and the admiral of the East Factory. You must know that even Wei Zhongxian did not reach this level.
After some promotion and encouragement, Zhu Youxiao did not let them retire immediately. He decided to strike while the iron was hot and immediately announced the secret establishment of the royal party, and ordered Wei Guangwei, who had always been talented, to write an oath of the royal party immediately. Wei Guangwei was also thinking about his thoughts and immediately wrote an oath with the theme of loyalty to the emperor.
Then, Zhu Youxiao personally faced the oath with these first batch of important officials who joined the Royalist Party, and asked them to sign the pre-prepared Royalist Party roster, write down their hometown and family details, official experience, and personal property.
These ministers did not dare to fake it. The current Jinyiwei's intelligence capabilities are still quite strong, and they all gave them a brief explanation.
But these ministers were not worried that His Majesty would catch the handle, because for them, being able to become a group with His Majesty the Emperor was the greatest protection for them, and the handle was just an explanation to join the organization.
Chapter completed!